# Andrew Robertson (engineer)

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British mechanical engineer (1883–1977)

Andrew Robertson Born (1883-01-30)30 January 1883 Died 22 October 1977(1977-10-22) (aged 94) Alma mater University of Manchester Awards FRS (1940)[1] Whitworth Exhibitioner (1904)[2] Scientific career Institutions University of Bristol

**Andrew Robertson** [FRS](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society)[1] D.Sc. MIMechE, MICE, [Wh.E](/source/The_Whitworth_Society)x (30 January 1883 in [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire) – 22 October 1977) was a British [mechanical engineer](/source/Mechanical_engineer).

## Education

He was the son of a marine engineer and was apprenticed at his father's works - J. Robertson & Sons in Fleetwood, Lancashire. He was a graduate of the [University of Manchester](/source/University_of_Manchester), with a first-class honours degree, a Fairbairn engineering prize and a [Whitworth Exhibitioner](/source/The_Whitworth_Society) in 1904.

## Career and research

He was a demonstrator and tutor at the university. He investigated [mild steel](/source/Mild_steel) with Gilbert Cook.[3] During [World War I](/source/World_War_I), he worked at the [Royal Aircraft Establishment](/source/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment) at [Farnborough Airfield](/source/Farnborough_Airfield).

He was appointed Professor of [Mechanical Engineering](/source/Mechanical_Engineering) at the [University of Bristol](/source/University_of_Bristol). In 1924, he was elected Principal of the college and dean of the faculty.[4] A room is named for him at Bristol University.[5]

## Awards and honours

Robertson was elected a [Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1940](/source/List_of_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society_elected_in_1940).[1] His candidature citation stated that he was "Distinguished for his experimental researches in problems relating to the strength of materials. Much of this work was done during the War (his study of the elastic properties of timber calls for special mention) and has not been published under his own name, but his papers on the drop of stress which occurs at yield (with G Cook), and on the strength of solid and tubular struts are classic. He has played a great part in the building up of the Engineering School at Bristol. Member of the Advisory Council DSIR".[6]

Robertson was a [Whitworth Exhibitioner](/source/The_Whitworth_Society) in 1904, and later went on to be President of the [Whitworth Society](/source/The_Whitworth_Society) in 1947.[7]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-frs_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-frs_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-frs_1-2) Pugsley, A. (1978). ["Andrew Robertson. 30 January 1883 – 22 October 1977"](https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frsbm.1978.0016). *Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society*. **24**: 514–528. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1098/rsbm.1978.0016](https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frsbm.1978.0016). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [73304148](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:73304148).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *The Whitworth Register, 2017*. The Whitworth Society. pp. 36, 136.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Robertson, A. (1952). ["Gilbert Cook. 1885-1951"](https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frsbm.1952.0007). *Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society*. **8** (21): 108–117. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1098/rsbm.1952.0007](https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frsbm.1952.0007). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [121426358](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:121426358).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Engineering Heritage Awards - IMechE"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100905003417/http://heritage.imeche.org/historyimeche/pastpresidents/president/ProfessorAndrewRoberton.htm). *heritage.imeche.org*. Archived from [the original](http://heritage.imeche.org/historyimeche/pastpresidents/president/ProfessorAndrewRoberton.htm) on 5 September 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Bristol University | Faculty of Engineering | Room Key"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110607074805/http://www.bris.ac.uk/engineering/staff/roomkey.html). *www.bris.ac.uk*. Archived from [the original](http://www.bris.ac.uk/engineering/staff/roomkey.html) on 7 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Library and Archive Catalogue"](http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=RefNo=='EC%2F1940%2F19'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl). The Royal Society. Retrieved 7 October 2010. [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** *The Whitworth Register, 2017*. The Whitworth Society. pp. 36, 136.

Professional and academic associations Preceded by Harry Ralph Ricardo President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1945 Succeeded by Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid

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